Re: Driverless trains in USA

[Marvin The Martian <choochoo@spin.net.au>]

One of the other posts said that one system with automation has a bloke up front
and all he does is open and close the doors, now that sounds like a guard to me.
All those guards masquerading as drivers may be guards again in 15 years

"f.u.i.t.b.e.t" wrote:

> YES, at last get rid of that unproductive guard!!
> "Marvin The Martian" <choochoo@spin.net.au> wrote in message
> 3AC664AC.C7D1EB3C@spin.net.au">news:3AC664AC.C7D1EB3C@spin.net.au...
> > Some drivers in Sydney have always wanted to open and close the doors.
> >
> > Ian wrote:
> >
> > > "Mike Alexander" <malex @ bigfoot com> wrote in message
> > > news:3ac5b361@news.microsoft.com...
> > > > The Victoria Line in London has had driverless trains since 1968...
> > > >
> > > > Interestingly though, even though it seems successful, London has been
> > > slow
> > > > in equipping other lines. The Central Line was done during the last 10
> > > years
> > > > or so during an extensive modernisation. The Jubilee line was done
> very
> > > > recently as part of the extension to Stratford.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > There are many examples of "driverless" trains in the world,
> Singapore
> > > for
> > > > > one.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Geoff Lillico
> > >
> > > The ' Tube ' is another example.  The  ' driver ' is only there for '
> Looks
> > > ' and to stop his boredom pushes  the two buttons to open and  close the
> > > doors at the stations - - - - - -Mind the gap !        Quoted from " The
> > > Story of the London Underground " CHV 2040  VHS cassette LTM.
> > > Rgds Ian S..................
> >